EPTNBA Playoffs 2012 - Page 356
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RowdierBob
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slyboogie
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Southlight
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On June 29 2012 09:31 RowdierBob wrote: So if you guys were GMs do you draft for need or best player available? Would you have passed on Lebron because you had a need for SG, would you have passed on Durant because you had a need for C, etc? I think I would almost always pick BPA in the lottery, unless there's no clearcut favorite among the choices. | ||
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tonight
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shawster
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On June 29 2012 09:33 Southlight wrote: Would you have passed on Lebron because you had a need for SG, would you have passed on Durant because you had a need for C, etc? I think I would almost always pick BPA in the lottery, unless there's no clearcut favorite among the choices. that's pretty black and white though. obviously in situations like that you go for the clear cut best talent, but if you were picking between 2 prospects that were close in level i wouldn't mind picking for position. terrence ross is a weird pick. i'm not actually hating it because i can see him fitting in, but they could've easily traded up. | ||
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VENDIZ
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On June 29 2012 09:31 RowdierBob wrote: So if you guys were GMs do you draft for need or best player available? For me it's completely depending on who I've already got.. If I had gotten a supertalented PF the year before, I wouldn't pick another talented PF just because he was available, especially not if there's an almost as good player at a position we'd need more from.. (obviously, if the player is of a LBJ level, then you'd go for him) | ||
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nemY
United States3119 Posts
On June 29 2012 09:31 RowdierBob wrote: So if you guys were GMs do you draft for need or best player available? BPA. You have to draft someone if you rank him as star talent in the NBA. I'm assuming that's why the Cavs drafted Waiters lol. | ||
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Southlight
United States11768 Posts
On June 29 2012 09:35 shawster wrote: that's pretty black and white though. obviously in situations like that you go for the clear cut best talent, but if you were picking between 2 prospects that were close in level i wouldn't mind picking for position. terrence ross is a weird pick. i'm not actually hating it because i can see him fitting in, but they could've easily traded up. Well... that's why I said unless there's no clear-cut favorite among the choices  | ||
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tonight
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nemY
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RowdierBob
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On June 29 2012 09:33 Southlight wrote: Would you have passed on Lebron because you had a need for SG, would you have passed on Durant because you had a need for C, etc? I think I would almost always pick BPA in the lottery, unless there's no clearcut favorite among the choices. Dude come on -__-;; I'm talking where the pick isn't so clearcut. If you're in a position to draft guys like LBJ you don't have any good players anyway =D Like Rivers to NO when they already have EJ. Or Robinson to the Kings when they have DC (but I guess he can play centre). | ||
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nemY
United States3119 Posts
On June 29 2012 09:38 RowdierBob wrote: Dude come on -__-;; I'm talking where the pick isn't so clearcut. If you're in a position to draft guys like LBJ you don't have any good players anyway =D Like Rivers to NO when they already have EJ. Or Robinson to the Kings when they have DC (but I guess he can play centre). How about Oden over Durant? :D | ||
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shawster
Canada2485 Posts
oden had great star potential as well. sadly we can't judge if he would have became as big of a star as KD because of injuries. i mean all the scouts were raving about oden like he was the next robinson. | ||
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tonight
United States11130 Posts
Good productive big men are hard to come by. If you think he have an all-star caliber big man you have to roll the dice. Though, it seems it more often than not ends up being a flop | ||
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slyboogie
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RowdierBob
Australia13480 Posts
Wonder who will pick Sullinger? | ||
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Southlight
United States11768 Posts
On June 29 2012 09:44 RowdierBob wrote: I think Oden would have been a star if it weren't for the injuries. He wasn't a bust talent-wise but I can't believe he didn't have bigger red flags around him medically (if by all reports the Blazers knew about his knee issues prior to the draft). Wonder who will pick Sullinger? Given the history of the Blazers' must-beloved medical staff it's worth debating whether Oden would have been a monster had he been drafted by almost any other team. | ||
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RowdierBob
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Goetzinho ftw
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I hope PJ3 will last until DAL #17. | ||
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nemY
United States3119 Posts
On June 29 2012 09:41 tonight wrote: Good productive big men are hard to come by. If you think he have an all-star caliber big man you have to roll the dice. Though, it seems it more often than not ends up being a flop I know I know  but doesn't this go directly (or not) against drafting BPA? Like Bob said, Portland's medical staff had to have known that there were injury risks associated with Oden. Hell look what the Oden effect has had on Sullinger! (not that Sullinger was a top 3 lottery pick anyways). Anyways a better analogy (but much older one) would be Bowie over Jordan. Houston must be pissed right now... All those mid 1st round picks... | ||
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